Texas Energy Company Wins Freeze on Federal Labor Board Case

An Energy Transfer LP subsidiary won a court order blocking the National Labor Relations Board from proceeding with an unfair labor practice case, making it the second company to score an early win in a constitutional challenge against the agency.

La Grange Acquisition LP will likely show that the protections shielding NLRB administrative law judges from removal by the president violate the US Constitution, Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Trump appointee to the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas, held Monday.

The decision signals that any employer in Texas, Louisiana, or Mississippi—the three states within the US Court ...